Photo: Top of the world!

Place: Haleakala, Paia, Hawaii, United States

Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid

By Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid
Uploaded on 9 November 2007
19 favorites, 421 views

Top of the world!

When visiting Maui, you cannot pass up a trip to Haleakala. A nice hike and you are here. With the summit at over 10,000 feet above sea level, is it COLD. Not the balmy tropical weather you get on the beach down below. The best time to visit, in my opinion, is at 4:30 AM to watch the sun rise above the clouds. The colors change and the clouds illuminate. You can also visit later in the day and, if conditions are right, take a picture against the clouds. You will have a rainbow around your head!
Person on the cliff is my brother, Adam Kanekoa.

Comments...

  • 16 November 2007, Garret Clarke said:

    Oh my god this is amazing!!! Actually took my breath away.

  • 14 March 2008, melanie scott said:

    absolutely stunning!

  • 19 March 2008, Alice Dalla Stella said:

    Amazing! Like being out of the world looking to it. Really amazing!

  • 7 April 2008, Bradley Garner said:

    I love Haleakala! It looks so bizarre and otherworldly inside the crater valley. This was an awesome capture.

  • 29 April 2008, marilu said:

    Beautiful! I really like the effect that the early morning light gives and the composition.

  • 1 May 2008, Linda Merz said:

    This is spectacular! It could not be any better. How much did you bribe your brother to risk his life? :)

  • 1 May 2008, Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid said:

    Thank you! Why, it was a dare from my other brother...and first noticed by my mother!

  • 28 May 2008, David Rocaberti said:

    I'm speechless. A freaking nice picture!

    C O N G R A T S ! ! !

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